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MP4 to GIF using FFMPEG
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mp4-to-gif.sh
# Step 1: define video
export VIDEO=name.mp4
# Step 2: create palette to have a better image quality result
ffmpeg -i $VIDEO -vf fps=15,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen palette.png
# Step 3: use the palette to convert the mp4 to gif
ffmpeg -i $VIDEO -i palette.png -filter_complex "fps=15,scale=400:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" $VIDEO.gif
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